Not all original Franco-Italian texts belonged to the Romance Epic genre, although some of the authors of the texts below relied heavily on romance writing styles to bolster their message among Franco-Italian audiences. The variety of texts below demonstrate the range of literary interest among Italian readers of French in this period, and illustrate that the use of French was not bound by generic norms, but employed and understood in a variety of ways.


Works belonging to this repertoire include:


a history of Venice entitled Les Estoires de Venise, by Martin da Canal;

 Il Milione,(also known as the Divisament dou Monde) by Rustichello da Pisa/Marco Polo, 

a map book or Portolan; 

and the Giudizio Universale.


Works on Religious Themes include:


the Antéchrist, 

La Passion du Christ, 

La Vie de St. Catherine, and 

a Collection of Saints' Lives.

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